2 dead in apparent murder-suicide at University of South Carolina; threat over

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Fox News, from the Columbia State

Published February 05, 2015 · FoxNews.com

Authorities responded Thursday afternoon to a murder-suicide at the University of South Carolina, The State newspaper reported, citing a 'law enforcement official close to the situation.'

The shooting, which prompted a campus-wide lockdown and large police response, occurred at around 1:20 p.m. inside the New School of Public Health Research Building. Columbia police held a brief press conference and confirmed two people were dead as a result of what appeared to be a murder-suicide.

The identities of the shooter and victim was not immediately clear.

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The reason I didn't link to the State in the first place was their choice of headline, which would make sense to only a few people:

SLED: USC shooting was murder-suicide

Got that?

See:

Students found dead in apparent murder/suicide - Ohio and Louisiana

I posted that two days ago.

[SoCalMusicLover]

1. BANG!!! BANG!!! ------ Problem Solved!

Is there anything a loaded gun cannot fix?

I dare you to find any one item which can solve any problem in a matter of seconds.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Apparent death weapon found where professor was killed

Apparent death weapon found where professor was killed

By Clif LeBlanc, John Monk, and Harrison Cahill
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February 5, 2015 Updated 2 hours ago

A semi-automatic handgun was recovered from the University of South Carolina fourth floor office-lab area where a professor was shot to death Thursday and another person apparently committed suicide, a SLED spokesman said Friday. ... The Richland County coroner positively identified USC professor Raja A. Fayad, 45, as the victim of an apparent murder-suicide, which happened on the University of South Carolina campus Thursday.
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The identity of the second individual has not been released pending notification of next of kin, but Watts said "all indications are the incident was a murder-suicide with the individuals involved having a history together."
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"Fayad had recently been staying at 4920 Augusta Road with a family member," {Richland County Coroner Gary Watts} said.

Fayad was living at a Value Inn at 4920 Augusta Road along Interstate 20 in Lexington. A Columbia bus driver who said he met Fayad several weeks ago said the USC teacher was going through a "transition" but always seemed upbeat. ... The driver, Carl Council, said the professor lived in a corner room at the inn. He said he thought Fayad lived alone since he never saw anyone else with the USC professor. Council said Fayad drove a high-end Lexus and they often swapped stories about cars.